19nine SHORTS: What was ‘The Game of Change’ and how did it shape college basketball?

Sixty years ago, Mississippi State and Loyola met in the second round of the 1963 NCAA Tournament. The journey to that matchup, however, was anything but easy in a nation and in a sport still battling with racial segregation. “The Game of Change” required two competitive, daring programs, a cunning escape from Mississippi, and a willingness to challenge convention. The Chucker, 19nine’s resident historian, dives into this historic matchup.